The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-21
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Linssea and Csessn-sssd Aeas.
Linsecd oil meal is now made ~
what is known - the new process OF
bv extracting the oil by means Q !
bcnxine. or naphtha. BY which b OIL
l. practically all removed inc
seed. The old process Of pressure Do
tween heated plates left eleven 70
fourteen per cent. Of oil IN the residue.
AZ linsced oil has a laxative and most
| excellent eject upon the digestive
organs so the old process meal was .
useful food for fattening cattle; but
was not a desirable food Tor dairy
cows on account II the result on the
butter. which was white. soft. greasy
! and Of a Nat. oily flavor. The 9
process meal Is free from some 81 the
Objectionable features Of the old pro-
cess meal. and 20 some extent Is useful
In dsirics. but after frequent attempts
10 use il with satisfaction. we aban-
doned il In favor Of cotton-seed meal
At thirty dollars per ton-its present
value II Is much dearer than several
other foods. which are preferable IN
other ways, As well a for their cheap
ness
Cotton-secd meal. when used In mod
Grafton. Is 4 very useful food for dairy
COWS. 1t Is the reverse OF laxative,
and tends rather To ~costiveness. This
however. gives it IN especial value
when cows are upon grass. or when u
Is mixed with bran. When Il was first
introduced in the Northern States as .
food for cows. twelve years or moro
AGO. il was sold at eighteen dollars per
ton. and was an exceedingly cheap
food. Since then it has become widely
popular. and has advanced in value
fifty per cent. Still. for the nutriment
contained 10 it. it i vet cheap, being
valued for its nutritive elements at
forty-six dollars per ton. as compared
with the best clover hay at twenty dol
lars per ton. 1t is very rich in nitrog-
enous substances. and j. consequently
an unsafe food for cows. II fed 20 ex-
cess. The meal has a decidedly in
| flammatory effect upon the milk glands.
and, therefore. is to be used only In
very moderate quantities. We have
: fed Il TO cows from Tour pounds daily
, down 70 one pound. and while feeding
|. two hounds daily. with twice as much
bran and corn meal. the butter prod
uct Of q COW experimental upon ran
Z ND to two pounds daily. When foul
. pounds daily was fed. with the same
. quantity Of corn meal and bran. th'
/ Weld OF butter was only l-S3 pounds
per day for a few days. when III atiacl
Of gargct was brought on. and fo'
I fourteen days afterward the yieit
! was less than a pound. As this resul
d happened frequently with other cow
i in the dairy. and hired men ccul'
scarcely be restrained from using to-
: much Of il. and a fine litter Of Berk
4 shire pigs were sacrificed to thi
femptstion TO feed the meal to excess
il its use was discarded. With one pcun
Only. used with twice the quantity q
. corn meal and bran for a single ratios
c-otton-seed meal may be used safel,
J, but a. any excess overthat Is apt TO I
injurious. il is advisable TO mix II
o feed in bulk. % that the ration can p
be exceeded by any accident IN
y meal gives a high color, great solidit'
a fine waxy texture and . rich. mutt
70 flavor to the butter; the latter IA
seems 70 corroborate the belief IN
~ the oils Of the food really go into u
e milk unchanged through the digest'
- organs. in which they are emulsiiie
g and thence are discharged into y
~ milk.
As the digcstibility Of . food i rel
,de " the measure Of is value. il Is a M
important part Of the dairyman's bu
I ness to make careful tests in his dai
81, Of the effects Of foods in regard TO
rhs quantity and quality q the produ
&c Animals differ very much in respect
their digestive ability. Some co
viii make . very fair profit from !
same food upon which another 9
col win make a serious loss. and these
pie. suits, vital to the interests Of
% owner, can only be a~seertained
Il. most careful and repeated test
rsee american Agricuitnrist.